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P. WINEGARD..

Sharpening "Horseshoe Calks. No. 80,044. Patented July/14," 1868.

PETER WINEGARD, OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

'Letters Patent No. 80,014, dated July 14, 1868.

`IMPROVEl/IElirI IN DEVICE FR SHARPENING HORSE-SHOE, GALKS.

@tigt Stlgemtlt referat fr iii tlgist Letters lntciit mit mittag miti nttige smite.

TO WIIOMIT MAY CONCERN:v

Be it known that I, PETER WINEG'ARD, of Goldwater, in the county ofBranch, and State ot' Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Sharpening Horse-Shoe Caiks; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, in which- Y Figure 1 represents a perspective View ot myblock, with a horseshoe attached or placed thereon.

`Figure 2, a side elevation of the saine, and

Figure 3 a plan view of the block reversed. Y Y

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a block forsharpening horseshoe calks, in the manner hereinafter specified. i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow describe its construction and operation.. Y

A designates the block, and B a square bar attached to one endot thebottom ot' A. This bar is designed to enter a hole in a common anvil,and thus bring the bottom of block A- in contact with the surface of theanvil. C represents an oblique opening-in tne outer end ot' block A,which is made of suicient depth and width to receive a horse-shoe, E, asrepresented in fig. 1. When the shoe is in the position represented, thelower side of the calli will rest evenly on the top'of block A, and bein the best possible position for receiving the blows of the hammer inthe process of sharpening. In the ordinary way of' sharpeningcalks,tongs aro used to hold the shoe, which renders the operation slower andmore tedious than 'by the use of my lhloek.

What I claim as' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv Theblocli A, constructed substantially in the manner and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. PETER WINEGARD.

Witnesses:

Gmo. A. Con, JEROME S. WoLcorT.

